The Revelation of Jesus Christ - The Herald

events, which have occurred since, as a result of the work of the reformers of Luther's day.
None can dispute that this Reformation Movement and its influence upon mankind, have
continued up to the present time. The reformation efforts up to the present Harvest time
produced the following results:
First, the establishment of Protestantism (although at the present time it has developed
into an "ism" without the protest); second, the weakening of the Papal system and its loss
of temporal power; third, the liberation of several nations and their peoples from Papal
bondage; fourth, the cleansing from defiling errors of a company of the Lord's consecrated;
and, fifth, the preparing of the way for a clear understanding of the Divine Plan of the
Ages, and the proclamation of the Message of Michael's (Christ's) Kingdom in its due time.
When light is given on God's Word and it is received into the heart and life, especially
when it is opposed to the erroneous teaching that prevails, there always follows a Divine
call to proclaim it. This was especially true in Luther's day when he experienced the
blessing of forgiveness and favor with God. It was the increased light received by Luther
that caused him to discover how Papacy had hidden this blessed teaching from humanity.
It was his own blessed inner experience of this precious truth that caused him to proclaim
it and testify against the great religious system that had perverted and defiled it. The same
has been true in a much deeper sense since the full clear light of God's wonderful Plan has
come to be understood during the last half century; and all this is portrayed in the vision
under consideration. When St. John had eaten the "little book" he heard the voice saying:
"Thou must prophesy again before peoples, nations, languages, and tongues." It will be
noted by the careful student that this commission is a second one, the first being given at
the beginning of the Age, and this one at the close. St. John, in these actions, represents
those who in these closing days come to understand and receive the wonderful Message
into good and honest hearts. This blessing brings responsibility, and responsibility is one
of the characteristics of a call to proclaim the blessed truths that have been so edifying and
precious. The proclamation world-wide of this precious Message has, like the reception of
the truth by the Lord's consecrated, been having its fulfillment for the last half century.
"And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye might
believe," are the words of Christ. A realization of the fact that there are still splendid
opportunities of giving out the Message should constitute a strong impetus to all the
faithful watchers to labor on in the Lord's service, continuing to bear the Message and to
witness to the Truth whether others hear or whether they forbear, for surely it cannot be in
the far distant future when the dark night "wherein no man can work" will be an
accomplished fact. When that time arrives it will mark the final and complete fulfillment
of the second great commission given to the Church in the flesh, to bear the Message
world-wide.
"Vessels of Mercy, Prepared Unto Glory"